Pilate, Pontius, powers of, as procurator of Judea, II, 27-31 name and origin of, II, 81, 82 marriage of, II, 82 becomes procurator of Judea, II, 84 provokes the Jews, II, 85 appropriates funds from Corban, II, 86 hangs shields in Herod's palace, II, 88 slays Galileans, II, 88 character of, I, 21; II, 88 canonization of, II, 89 ordered to Rome by Vitellius, II, 92 legends regarding death of, II, 92-94 interrogation of Jesus, II, 112-115 talents of, II, 115 his opinion of Jesus, II, 115 acquits Jesus, II, 116 sends Jesus to Herod, II, 117 reconciled with Herod, II, 128 offers to release Barabbas, II, 130 warned by wife's dream of Jesus, II, 133, 355 washes his hands of Christ's death, II, 137, 364 releases Barabbas, II, 138, 363 summary of his conduct of Christ's trial, II, 168 conduct of, compared with Cæsar, II, 169; with Sir Edward Coke, II, 170-172 Pindar, Greek poet, denunciation of, of vulgar superstitions, II, 224 Plato, Greek philosopher, unnatural love of, II, 263 reprobation of Homeric myths, II, 264 Pliny, the Younger, correspondence of, with Trajan, II, 78 disbelief of, in immortality, II, 229 on slavery, II, 203 Plutarch, on crucifixion, I, 56 anecdotes of Lucullus, II, 244-246 Polybius, on Roman pederasty, II, 263 Pompeia divorced by Cæsar, II, 238 Pompey, Cneius, the Great, conquest of Palestine by, II, 11 defeated at Pharsalia, II, 25 divorce of his wife Mucia, II, 238 Pontiffs, Roman, II, 204 Poppæa, wife of Nero, deification of, II, 77 Postumius, Spurius, Roman consul, suppression of Bacchanalians by, II, 270-283 Prætor, Roman, judicial powers of, II, 36 Priesthood, Roman. See Roman religion Priests, Jewish Chamber of. See Sanhedrin Procurator, Roman, jurisdiction of, II, 27, 28 Provinces, Roman, classification of, by Augustus, II, 27 Q Quetzalcoatle, crucified Savior, worshiped by Mexicans, II, 66 R Rabbi, origin of Jewish title of, II, 315 Rabbis, Jewish, arrogance of, II, 316 Raphall, Morris, on the origin of the Sanhedrin, I, 104 Rawlinson, George, on the political state of Judea at the time of Christ, II, 11 Religions, policy of Romans toward foreign, and of conquered peoples, II, 72-74 Renan, Ernest, on miracles, I, 44-47 on the "judicial ambush" of blasphemers, I, 235 on the character of Pilate, II, 90 on the character of Christ, II, 187, 188 Richard III, King of England, contest of, with Saladin, I, 48 Richter on the pathology of crucifixion, II, 58, 59 Rosadi, on the confession of the accused under Hebrew law, I, 143 on the hatred of Pilate toward the Jews, II, 98 on the order of criminal trials in Roman provinces, II, 32 Rousseau, Jean Jacques, on the death of Christ, II, 187